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Lysander Spooner: Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.

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Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.
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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner notes that the laws of celebrated kings were minimal and largely based on established customs.

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